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neostar
Starting Member

18 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-27 : 06:31:24
How do I change the language from English (United States) to English (United Kingdom) in the server configuration as its currently messing up anything that uses datetime

thanks

Dan

afrika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2706 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-27 : 09:39:22
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How to set the default language (Enterprise Manager)
To set the default language

Expand a server group.


Right-click a server, and then click Properties.


Click the Server Settings tab.


In the Default language for user box, choose the language in which Microsoft® SQL Server™ should display system messages.
The default language is English.

or T SQL


SET LANGUAGE us_english
GO

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cshah1
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

347 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-27 : 10:37:12
Right click on the server-->Properties-->Server settings and select British English from the dropdown menu
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neostar
Starting Member

18 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-30 : 02:49:11
I can see the property, but it won't let me change it. By the way this is SQL2005 not 2000

thanks

Dan
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afrika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2706 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-30 : 04:23:17
Oh my mistake. I was referring to 2000
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